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by bildung 3500 days ago
> Nuclear power, which is the only one economically viable way to achieve serious CO2 emission cuts they advocate.

Without massive subsidies (both direct and through waste disposal etc.) nuclear is actually one of the most expensive power sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_nuclear_power_pla...

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> nuclear is actually one of the most expensive power sources

...amongst non-intermittent sources. But cheaper alternatives (gas, coal) generate CO2, so I assume they are out of interest for these people.